# Where have the minibars gone?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-the-minibars-gone/639184>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 29, 2012, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-the-minibars-gone/639184 "2012-10-29T03:43:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![scm1001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@scm1001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scm1001)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-the-minibars-gone/639184/21 "2012-10-31T19:41:51Z")

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Still very common in international hotels in Asia/pacific. Probably stayed at 10 hotels in last year in Aussie, NZ, china and Indonesia, all had minibars.

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**Author:** ![ctaylor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6f9a4e/32.png) [@ctaylor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ctaylor)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-the-minibars-gone/639184/22 "2012-10-31T22:09:29Z")

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My wife and I have stayed at a couple of somewhat-nice higher-end boutique hotels in some touristy California towns over the last year or so and they had a minibar/honor bar in the room. These were smaller hotels, not part of a Marriot or something like that.

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**Author:** ![R.P.McMurphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-the-minibars-gone/639184/23 "2012-10-31T23:27:23Z")

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> [@scm1001](#):
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> Still very common in international hotels in Asia/pacific. Probably stayed at 10 hotels in last year in Aussie, NZ, china and Indonesia, all had minibars.

A few years ago I stayed at a very nice hotel in Ho Che Minh City. My bags were stuffed so there was something I intentionally left behind in the room. I went to the desk to check out and before I could complete things a call came to the desk and the clerk notified me that there was something left behind. They had sent someone immediately to the room to inventory it.

In a nice hotel in Bancock I tried to abscond with a bottle opener that I thought I would take as a souvenir. Before I could get in the cab they stopped me and said that a bottle opener was missing. They said it would cost me $3. I pulled out may wallet and the price immediately changed to $10. I went back to my bag, found it and gave it to them.

That’s how they control their mini-bar costs.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-the-minibars-gone/639184/24 "2012-10-31T23:44:09Z")

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> [@Ghoulophon](#):
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> I remember that a Snickers from the minibar cost more than a lap dance.

But unlike a lapdance, Snickers satisfies you.

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**Author:** ![R.P.McMurphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-the-minibars-gone/639184/25 "2012-11-01T00:14:53Z")

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> [@Little Screamo](#):
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> But unlike a lapdance, Snickers satisfies you.

Well, if you’re not going anywhere for awhile . . .

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